Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-14
e JACKSON'S VICTORY. &
An INCIDENT OF THE BATTLE or
NEW ORLEANS.

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Panic Stricken Fugitives-"No Food
for Cowards ''-Bread and Mest for
Runaways.
At Z O'Clock the battle began, and the roar
Of the artillery, with the discharges of mus
kerry, was almost as distinctly heard as il in
cur immediate neighborhood. There was not
tho slightest noise in the apparently dead
city. It held it's breath in awful suspense.
There was not a human being to be seen NOV
ing in the streets. We, the two boys and the
ladies of the household. petrified into absolute
silence by the apprehensions Of the moment,
stood on the balcony until $50, when the fir
ing gradually ceased But still we continued
to remain on the same spot; for what was to
happeni We're our defenders retreating, pur-
sued by the enemyl These were hours Of
anxiety never to be forgotten. About II
o'clock the oppressive silence in the city was
broken by the furiously rapid gallop Of q
horseman, shouting as lou a he could: "Vic-
toryl victoryI" He turned from Chartres
street into Dumaine and from Dumaine into
Royal, still shouting ~Victory" The voice
had become hoarse. and yet no human voice
that I ever afterward heard was fraught with
more sweet music. That night we went to
bed with thankful hearts, The two boys soon
dept soundly, as boys sleep, with that blissful
unconcern which a~ppertains to their age.
But I doubt if our kind hostess and her
daughters closed their eyes, for they had hus-
bands, brothers, sons on the battle field, and
they did not know at what cost to them the
I victory had been achieved.
In the morning of the preceding day the
famous battle of the 9Th was fought on the
plains of Chalmette, four miles below the city.
In a bee line the distance must nave been
very short between the field Of action and the
Bore plantation, six miles above New Or
leans by the windings Of the river, for the
furious cannonading and the discharge Of
musketry were prodigiously distinct. The
ladies of the family, pale with the natural
emotions of fear produced by the dangers Of
the situation, were grouped in the broad gal
lery in front of the house.. No man was visi-
bic, for the only enc who had remained at
home ION account Of his age) had when the
battle began assembled with slow but firm
steps a flight of stairs which led to the top Of
the portico. At every volley Of artillery or
musketry I flung myself on the floor, exclaim-
ing: "Ten Englshmen killed." Twenty
Englishmen flat on the ground!" and so d.. |
I continued rejoicing in the fancied destruc- 4
ton Of our invaders notwithstanding the re- !
monstrances Of my poor mother, in whose
alarm I very little participated. The battle
had not yet ended when my grandfather Bore
came down from his post of observation with
the same measured step and the same self
possession with which he had assembled and
said to his daughters, who ~anxiously interro- /
gated his looks: @Dismiss your fears, the
Americans are victorious"
"But, father, how do you know It'll" inquired !
my mother.
@Youforget, my dear child" replied N. de /
Bore, with a calm smile, athat I have some |
military experience. My practiced ear has
not been deceived, I Inn sure. The American
guns have silenced the English guns. Tho
enemy is defeated"
These words had hardly been spoken when,
In the long avenue Of pecan trees that led to |
the river, there appeared a troop of about a
hundred men rushing toward the house.
1.-THE English here come the Englishl' was
the simultaneous cry of the women. NJ. de |
Bore stretched himself up to his full height, |
shaded his eyes with his hand, and, after
having looked steadily at the advancing
crowd, said, contemptuously:
"These men the English bahl"
They came rapidly to the piazza, about SIX
feet high, on which we stood, and along
WuACu a q WOOQ0A Ud1uStluuSs AL W OOl0 |
did not understand one word of the language
spoken by these unexpected visitors, whose
ragamufhn appearance was no recommends |
ton. But if they were bandits, it was COM
Portable to see that they all were unarmed.
"Who are they, and what do they wan I"
inquired Nh. de Bore, surveying them evil
formed by one of his family that they were
fr,Oifivoc vhn vonor%o1 fhof thu Aroorioovc /
had been completely routed, that they them
selves were a portion of the defeated, and
that they begged for food. The blood ran to
the cheeks of the old soldier. his eyes flashed,
and he shouted in French to the men: "You
lei The Americans are victorious. You
have run away; you are towards. Never
come to dastardly fugitives from the battle
field. Hence, all Of you, or I will call my
negroes to drive you away" His words were
was visible, and his pantomime was express
sive. One of the beggarly crew seemed to
apprehend his meaning, for he took off his
hat and pointed with his index finger to a hole
which looked as if made by a ball. He no
doubt intended to intimate that he had faced
danger, and that he was not as cowardly as
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approached close to the piazza and held his
hat aloft. The old gentleman retreated a few
steps; then rushing back to the balustrade Of
the piazza, on which he leaned forward, and,
looking down upon the suppliant below,
shouted: ain thy hat! in thy hatl"-striking
his breast violently-"there is where the ball
should have been received, and not through
thy hat, when probably thy back was turned
to the enemy. No! no food for towards.
There is food in the British camp; 60 and get
He was superb at that moment, and turn
his back upon the pitiful looking postu-
lants, he kept up pacing the piazza like q
chafed lion in q cage. My mother followed
him a few feet behind, as he walked to and
fro with a hurried step, and thus expostulated
all the while: /
"Father, they look so miserable"
"No! no food for towards. / have said
aThey seem to be so jaded and hungry" b,
aNol say no"
aFather,. they are 50 wet and shiveriug
cold"
mo! no food for fugitives from the field Of
But, father" continued my mother. in a
piteous tone, "they may not have fed, after
all. Perhaps they only retreated."
Grandfather, wheeling round with a smile
his lips, and with the usual expression
Of benevolence on bis face, said: daughter,
am inflexible. No food shall I give to those
wretches. But I am going away. and in
my absence you may deal as you please with
heroes of retreat" tavec ces heros de 4
la r~etraite). True to his word, he dis
appeared, and was not seen for the remainder I
IF the day. |
Meanwhile the little boy, who had grown l
up to be the octogenarian who writes tnese I
lines, had a grand time of it, for big fires
were lighted over the vast court yard, calves
and sheep were killed and roasted, huge pots t
If hominy and Of rice were prepared. and I
he keenly enjoyed the barbecue, if he may be 4
to use this well known modern +
expression, that was given to those men, who f
we're a detachment of the Kentuckians that f
rad fled from Col. Thornton's attack upon c
Zen. Morgan's command On the right bank 9
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Fasting Cranks Out OF view. Il
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